English vocabulary - Martin Hunt 2016

8 Drinks

In this unit you will learn

✵ the names of many drinks

✵ words to describe drinks

✵ how to ask for/offer a drink

Basics

Do you know these words? Check in a dictionary and write the word in your language.

Test your basics

Cover the words on page 88 so you can’t see them. Then write the English words.

Extension

Types of drinks

Hot drinks

✵ You can drink your tea and coffee with milk or cream; we call this a white coffee or tea; without milk or cream we call it black.

✵ Some people drink tea with lemon and no milk.

✵ Some people like to have sugar.

Note: Some people also like to drink hot milk.

Cold drinks

✵ A drink can be [fizzy/carbonated] (like Coca-Cola) or still (like orange juice).

✵ Drinks without alcohol are called soft drinks.

✵ [Fizzy drinks/sodas]: tonic, Coca-Cola.

Note: In Britain lemonade is a [fizzy/carbonated] drink but in the US it is still (not [fizzy/carbonated]).

✵ Fruit juices: pineapple juice, grapefruit juice, apple juice.

✵ People often put ice in cold drinks to make them cooler.

Note: Some people also like to drink iced coffee or tea.

Alcoholic drinks

✵ We can have red, white or rose wine.

✵ Beer: in Britain people drink bitter or lager; bitter is a darker beer than lager. It’s all called beer in America.

✵ Spirits are drinks such as [whisky/whiskey], brandy, vodka, gin.

Amounts

✵ We have a glass of fruit juice or lemonade or wine but a cup of tea/coffee.

✵ You can also have a pot of tea or coffee (a pot has a few cups of tea or coffee in it).

✵ In Britain you can buy a pint of beer or half a pint; in Europe you can buy a [litre/liter], or half a [litre/liter] of beer.

✵ You can also buy wine and beer in bottles.

Places to drink

✵ You can have a drink with a meal in a restaurant.

✵ A [cafe/coffee shop] is a place that sells lighter food as well as hot and cold drinks, but not normally alcoholic drinks.

✵ A [pub/bar] sells alcoholic drinks as well as soft drinks.

✵ A bar is another place to buy alcoholic drinks; this is often part of another building, for example part of a hotel. In the US it is the name for a pub.

Questions and sentences

✵ If you’re thirsty, it means you want a drink; you can ask if someone is thirsty.

I’m thirsty.

Are you thirsty;' Yes, I am./No, I’m not.

✵ If you ask for a drink, you can say I’d like a/two/three... + drink(s).

✵ You can also say Could I have...?

I’d like a coffee, please.         Could I have a coffee, please?

I’d like two lemonades and an orange juice, please?    Could I have two lemonades and an orange juice, please. lemonades and

✵ You can ask what someone wants using: What would you like? What would you like? I’d like a coffee, please.

✵ You can say What would you like? in a [shop/store] or in a house. If you are offering someone a drink in your house, you can also say What can I get you? or Would you like...?

What can I get you? A glass of water, please.

Would you like a drink? Yes, please. An orange juice.

Would you like some tea? No, thanks.

✵ You can give a choice using Would you like/prefer... or...?

Would you prefer tea or coffee? Coffee, please.

Would you like black coffee or coffee with cream? With cream, please.

Practice

Exercise 1 Put the words from the box below into the table. Some words can go under more than one heading.

Exercise 2 Fill the gaps with a suitable word for each noun.

1 ... wine

2 ... juice

3 ... Coca-Cola (British)

4 ... drinks

5 ... chocolate

6 ... a of beer (US)

Now take the six letters from the middle of the word sequence and make the name of a drink, for example: ealmnoed lemonade

7 ...

Exercise 3 Match the question/sentence to its correct response.

6 Would you prefer tea or coffee?

7 Could I have a glass of lemonade, please?

8 What can I get you?

Yes, I am. Have you got anything to drink?

Oh yes, please. I’m very thirsty.

A glass of red wine, please.

Now check your answers.

► Exercise 4 (Recordings 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5) Pronunciation practice. Listen and repeat the words on the recording. Use the transcript at the back of the book to help you if necessary.

In use

Reading

Before you start, check you know these words:

Asia

Indonesia (adj. Indonesian)

island

mango

Note: The 1600s are the years 1600-1699.

Sonny Jim’s...

Drinks Menu

13 Java Mix

Drink in the rich, dark, aromatic taste of Asia! Made from the finest beans available on this exotic Indonesian island, our blend is guaranteed to keep you awake. You can have it with milk, but Sonny Jim recommends drinking it black, in a double, extra large mug, but not before bedtime. You’ll never go to sleep!

31 Fruit Slush

Pineapple, grapefruit, orange, and mango are all mixed together to make this long, refreshing cool drink. Have it with ice, in our special Sonny Jim’s tall glass, but, order early on a hot day, because this wicked mix sells fast.

33 Sonny Jim’s Export

Sonny Jim’s full strength lager, brewed locally. Sonny Jim has been brewing since 1973, producing a range of lagers and bitters that are without equal. And this is our king of lagers, the strongest drink we make! Drink it ice cold in our special Sonny Jim’s pint glass!

47 Count Black’s Cold T

Hot? Need a drink that will attack your thirst quickly? Count Black first made his Cold T for the drinkers of London back in the 1600s, and Sonny Jim’s is proud to be bringing that recipe back for the drinkers of today. Made from a mix of Indian and Chinese leaves, Count Black’s Cold T must be drunk cold. Sounds awful? Don’t knock it till you try it (we think you’ll love it!) Whatever you do, don’t add milk!

Look at the menu on page 94 from Sonny Jim’s, a new bar and cafe in Manchester.

Reading 1 Match the name of the drink to the type of drink it is (one type isn’t used).

Reading 2 Now answer these questions about the drinks.

1 Where does Java Mix come from?

The island of Java (part of Indonesia, in Asia).

2 When should you not drink Java Mix? Why not?

3 Which fruits make up Fruit Slush?

4 When is this drink popular?

5 What kind of beer is Sonny Jim’s Export?

6 What’s the best way to have Sonny Jim’s Export?

7 When did people first drink Count Black’s Cold T?

8 How should you drink Count Black’s Cold T, and how should you not drink it?

9 Which of the drinks are cold drinks?

10 Which of the drinks are hot drinks?

11 Which of the drinks are alcoholic drinks?

12 Which of the drinks are [fizzy/carbonated] drinks?

► Listening

You are going to hear four conversations with people asking for drinks.

Listening 1 (Recording 8.6) Listen to the recording and put the number of the conversation next to the location.

home   □ pub    □

restaurant  □ [cafe/coffee shop] □

Listening 2 Look at the sentences below. Write the number of the conversation next to each line. There are two sentences from each conversation; one sentence is not used.

1 I’d like a pint of beer, please

2 Would you like something to drink?

3 And what would you like to drink?

4 Yes, I think we’d like a bottle of wine, please.

5 ...could we have two glassses of water as well, please?

6 ...what can I get you?

7 White, please. With two sugars.

8 I think it has to be red.

9 Just a glass of lemonade, please.

Now check your answers.

Recap

Here are the words we learned in this unit. Do you know them all? Write down the translations if you need to.

Cold drinks

water

lemonade

pineapple juice

ice

milk

tonic

grapefruit juice

orange juice

Coca-Cola

apple juice

Hot drinks

tea (with lemon/milk/cream)

coffee (with milk/cream)

(hot) chocolate sugar

Alcoholic drinks

beer  wine

bitter  lager

brandy  vodka

spirits

[whisky/whiskey]

gin

Adjectives

[fizzy/carbonated]

black (coffee)

white (wine)

still

white (coffee)

soft

red (wine)

Amounts

glass

pint

half a [litre/liter]

cup

half a pint

bottle

pot

[litre/liter]

Questions and sentences

I’m thirsty  Are you thirsty? I’d like...

Could I have...? Would you like a...? Would you prefer... or...?

What would you like? What can I get you?

Places to drink

restaurant

[cafe/coffee shop]

pub

bar

What to do next

✵ Try asking for your [favourite/favorite] drink.

✵ Describe a new drink for Sonny Jim’s menu.

Why not try this unit next?

✵ Food (1) • Shopping

Answer key for this unit

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

7 coffee

Exercise 3

1 What would you like? please.   I’d like an orange juice,

2 Are you thirsty?     Yes, I am. Have you got anything to drink?

3 I’m thirsty.      OK, what can I get you?

4 I’d like a coffee, please.     Certainly. Would you like it black or with cream?

5 Would you like a glass of water?   Oh yes, please. I’m very thirsty.

6 Would you prefer tea or coffee?   Coffee, please.

7 Could I have a glass of lemonade, please? Of course. Would you like ice with that?

8 What can I get you?    A glass of red wine, please.

Reading

Reading 1

Drink

Java Mix

Fruit Slush

Sonny Jim’s Export

Count Black’s Cold T (milk is not used)

Type

coffee

fruit juice

beer

tea

Reading 2

1 The island of Java (part of Indonesia, in Asia).

2 You shouldn’t drink Java Mix at bedtime. You won’t go to sleep.

3 Pineapple, grapefruit, orange, and mango.

4 On a hot day (it sells fast).

5 Sonny Jim’s Export is a lager.

6 It’s best to drink Sonny Jim’s Export ice cold in a special Sonny Jim’s pint glass.

7 People first drank Count Black’s Cold T in the 1600s.

8 You should drink it cold. You should not drink it with milk.

9 Fruit Slush, Sonny Jim’s Export, and Count Black’s Cold T.

10 Java Mix.

11 Sonny Jim’s Export.

12 None of them!

Listening

Listening 1

Listening 2

1 I’d like a pint of beer, please.

2 Would you like something to drink?

3 And what would you like to drink?

4 Yes, I think we’d like a bottle of wine, please.

5 ...could we have two glasses of water as well, please?

6 ...what can I get you?

7 White, please. With two sugars.

8 I think it has to be red.

9 Just a glass of lemonade, please.